Seat Fitters

[SKYLVIA]

Hey guys,

Trying to find someone who can professionally install my new seats (32 GTR) into my S13.

SiN helped me install the passenger one, but theres one space thats off the mark, im assuming a new hole will need to be drilled etc... but i figured id get em both done properly...

so yeah anyone know a place that do good seat installs?

Cheers guys.

Beau

[MIVEC]

I too need to know so that I can get my Sparco fitted.

A few places won't touch it due to engineering and what not.

[Sinista32]

Haig Park Service Centre 6241 7410 and/or Pride Auto Accesories 6280 6222.

Yellow pages pg 939. Motor Car seats &/or conversions

[SKYLVIA]

Haig Park Service Centre 6241 7410 and/or Pride Auto Accesories 6280 6222.

Yellow pages pg 939. Motor Car seats &/or conversions

Tried Haig Park Service Centre and theyre actually roof rack city... but they said to call Pride Auto Accesories. gave them a call and was told to take the seats in for an approximate price... got some rough idea's on price... round $500+ doesnt sound cheap...

Edited November 27, 2006 by SKYLVIA

[low200]

Tried Haig Park Service Centre and theyre actually roof rack city... but they said to call Pride Auto Accesories. gave them a call and was told to take the seats in for an approximate price... got some rough idea's on price... round $500+ doesnt sound cheap...

Thats how much it cost to get a monza seat mounted in my datsun in custom position with custom rails involving cutting the body to get the seat on the floor and all sorts of jazz. well worth it though as i have a perfectly mounted seat.

I did it with an engineer mate in a backyard over a weekend though and paid for the use of all his tools (inc hoist) and his expertise...

[oscar32]

Can you use ideal seat co rails at all, they are really good - they cost though ($550 for the pair in my old car) but you keep the whole factory looking rail and don't need an engineers....

[SKYLVIA]

the GTR32 rails arent seperable from the seats as far as i know... they sit abit high too, tis a shame i cant lower them abit...

[oscar32]

Thats right - damn factory seats.

GTR seats are very nice however, and a very cool upgrade.

[SKYLVIA]

^^ agreed, very nice seats, keep you in alot better than factory s13 seats... just need to get em fitted is all

[Scooby]

Beau I thought someone told you that it was just a couple of washers etc? Can you post pics of the problem?

[SKYLVIA]

yeah no worries ill take some pics shortly and chuck em up. yeah was told a few washers but turns out its not, when fitting them they seemed like theyd fit straight in! but one hole just misses the line up. will take some pics tonight

[SKYLVIA]

OK Finally took the Pics,

Pic of the Passenger seat IN the car

Pics of the holes that dont line up

Pics of the front bolts

Pic of the right rear bolt

Hope that explains it abit better?

[Scooby]

so the only holes that don't line up are the ones that anchor the rear of the seat on the outside ie the ones at the front and the ones that anchor to the trans tunnel are OK?

if that's the case just take them to a fabricator and tell them what you need, find someone in the yellow pages that does jobbing work ie small stuff. they will want to know the distance between the hole in the seat leg and the hole in the floor, centre to centre. also tell them you want about 10mm metal around the new hole.

and make sure you use big ass washers - 20mm diam or so - under the mounting bolts because you don't want them to rip through the anchors. get them from specialty fasteners in Fyshwick.

let us know how you go.

[SKYLVIA]

will do, cheers for that scoobs

[Scooby]

alternatively, have a look and you'll see the runners are probably rivetted to the frame. figure out how far back the runner needs to go, and have a close look at how they are riveted. i did this when doing a conversion and there just happened to be unused holes that lined up perfectly if i drilled out the rivets and moved the runners back. i used bolts to hold it together, had it welded in the new place and it was perfect.

Edited December 2, 2006 by Scooby